December 8 Essence of Time unit in Donbass situation report (with map)

Gorlovka sector remains tense. Trench warfare is underway in the north of the city, in the area of Zaytsevo village. Ozeryanovka got shelled by artillery. Ukrainian side is firing mortars, IFV guns, automatic grenade launchers and small arms.

Armed Forces of Ukraine once again shelled residential districts of Donetsk. Kuibyshevsky district in the north of the city, Trudovskie, Aleksandrovka and Staromikhailovka villages in the west were came under fire. Over 13 houses were damaged, power and gas supply are disrupted, two civilians are injured. Trench warfare doesn’t cease in the area of Avdeevka industrial zone.

Dokuchaevsk and Elenovka south of Donetsk came under Ukrainian fire. There was no information on destruction and casualties.

Ukrainian military fired on Sakhanka village on the Mariupol direction by 120mm mortars, IFV guns and small arms.

According to DPR People’s Militia Command, a serviceman of the Republic who was injured on December 6 repelling the attack of Ukrainian military in the south sector of the front, died today.

DPR recon uncovered mortar squads of the enemy in the area of occupied Avdeevka, they are firing from the residential sector. It had been established that over 20 families had to leave their homes.

According to updated information, on December 7 Armed Forces of Ukraine violated the ceasefire 1066 times.